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    The surname Velasques

    A surname, carried by 1,091 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex V422

    Velasques: #23,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Velasques #23,333, 1,091 people Velasques: #23,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Velasques #23,333, 1,091 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Velasques is more common than 85.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,091 people named Velasques in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,993 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 757.

    #23,333
    rank among US surnames
    1,091
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +44.1%
    change since 2000 (was #29,421)

    Who is named Velasques

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Velasques identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Velasques

    Velasques has the Soundex code V422, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V422.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Velasques?
    1,091 people in the United States had the surname Velasques in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,993 Americans. It ranked 23,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Velasques?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Velasques identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Velasques getting more or less common?
    More common. 757 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,091 in 2010, up 44%.